The aircraft arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay went into the river at the end of the runway at about 9:40 p.m. local time, a spokesman for Naval Air Station Jacksonville informed. The charter plane skid off runway into river in Jacksonville in Florida. The aircraft, a Boeing 737 belonging to Miami Air International, was flying from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, reports informed.

After the fatal Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in March this year, that claimed lives of 157 people on board , nations including Australia, China and Singapore have grounded the Boeing 737 MAX jets as a part of safety norm. Also, China’s civilian aviation authority ordered all airlines to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 planes. Similarly, after the tragic incident, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia also grounded the aircraft.